NAIROBI, Kenya The attack by al Qaeda-linked militants at an upscale mall in Nairobi killed at least 59 people and wounded 175, Kenya's interior Cabinet secretary said Sunday.

Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from inside the building where there is a hostage standoff with Islamic extremists nearly 24 hours after they attacked using grenades and assault rifles.

"The priority is to save as many lives as possible," Joseph Lenku said, reassuring the families of the hostages in the upscale Westgate mall. Kenyan forces have already rescued about 1,000 people, he said.

Lenku said that there are 10 to 15 attackers involved, and Kenyan forces have control of the security cameras inside the mall. Combined military and police forces surrounded the building.

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told reporters at the mall that he has been told officials couldn't determine the exact number of hostages inside the mall.

Actually, peace is a poor translation. It’s the religion of “submission.” The Koran says all will be peaceful when all have “submitted” to Islam. The implication is that there will be no peace until all have “submitted.”

Al Shabaab (The Youth) is an Al Qaeda offshoot which runs most of southern Somalia. Much of their leadership is from other countries. About two years ago the neighbors got tired of them. Ethiopia invaded from the west and Kenya invaded from the south. Even the UN propped up Somali government managed to make it a few miles out of Mogadishu, with the backing of thousands of foreign troops. Al Shabaab lost lots of territory and men. They haven’t forgotten or forgiven. Even though Kenya and Ethiopia have withdrawn Al Shabaab still holds a massive grudge and has resorted to a suicide terror campaign against Kenya and the government in Mogadishu.

‘The Capitol Police department has launched a review after allegations surfaced that a supervisor ordered a tactical response team to leave the scene of the shooting that left 12 victims and the gunman dead, rather than assist municipal officers.

“I don’t think it’s a far stretch to say that some lives may have been saved if we were allowed to intervene,” a Capitol Police source told BBC.
“

Remember him? Obozo’s cousin. The one who ran for President of Kenya. The one who Obozo campaigned for and supported. The one who's supporters rioted when he lost the election. The one who claimed voter fraud.

By mid-February 2008, more than 1,500 Kenyans were killed. Many were slain by machete-armed attackers. More than 500,000 were displaced by the religious strife. Villages lay in ruin. Many of the atrocities were perpetrated by Muslims against Christians.

The violence was led by supporters of Raila Odinga, the opposition leader who lost the Dec. 27, 2007, presidential election by more than 230,000 votes. Odinga supporters began the genocide hours after the final election results were announced Dec. 30.

I keep thinking: “Paul Balaart, Mall Cop” a dorky kind of fun movie about a mall cop who blunders on some bad guys scheme. But if something like this ever happened at a mall here and the mall cops on Segways with whistles, walkie talkies and about 50 pounds to the plump size would stop well armed jihadists how?
Freegards
LEX

Its only terrorism if there are at least 19 guys from alqieda (or however the f you spell it).

Even then they'll call them disaffected yutes.

On 9/11 the terror was established and could not be denied before we knew who did it. Our "extremist" reaction had to be gradually toned down and redefined as we were reeducated to understand that they had legitimate grievances against us as it was America that had forced them into such reprisals.

41
posted on 09/22/2013 6:33:38 AM PDT
by Sal
(The scandals are real. The "president" is a phony.)

It sounds like they targeted a mall used by expats and other non-muslims and started hunting down and killing people. Many mothers and children in pictures

This has to be a suicide mission- what is their goal?

The primary goal is to kill non muslims. Secondarily, to sow terror in the populace, so that they will not go to malls, as they are corrupt and vulgar, filled with western filth. Then comes partisan revenge, the JOOOS, some number of virgins, full moon, etc.

Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.